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The last time that I had Michael Deforge on, he had a handful of comics and was just another talented young guy at TCAF. Since then, his work has grown and progressed, reflecting his status as a highly talented and widely respected creator in the medium. His latest work is issue 4 of Lose , co-editing and appearing in the excellent anthology series, The Thickness, as well as pile of mini-comics an...

Just in time for the election, I chatted with Barack Hussein Obama cartoonist, Steven Weissman . Steven will be doing a signing with inkstuds favorite, Ron Regé Jr this sunday at Skylight Books in LA. Read this great little interview that Fantagraphics posted in regards to the event.

It’s been a while since Eddie Campbell had been in on, and I love any chance I can have to talk to him about comics. Eddie’s latest work is The Lovely Horrible Stuff  co-published by Topshelf and Knockabout. We also talk about some upcoming work, including the From Hell Companion.

Noah Van Sciver returned to the studs to talk about his latest book, The Hypo . It’s a great piece of work on young Lincoln through his melancholic years. I really like the work that Noah creates and am enjoying his latest project on the Expositor  Comics website he runs with recent studs guest, Joseph Remnant. Noah will be in Vancouver for a signing at Luckys comics on November 4th from 4...

Belgium born cartoonist, Olivier Schrauwen joined me to discuss his work, including the Man Who Grew His Beard . We also covered a plethora of upcoming work like The Greys and the book he is doing about his Grandfather, Arsene Schrauwen that will most likely be available at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest in November and at finer stores like Bergin St Comics, Floating World or Desert Island.

To mark the launch of his Cerebus Downloads project, Dave Sim joined me to discuss Cerebus, his upcoming work published by IDW and a wide variety of other topics. We were also joined by IDW publisher, Ted Adams, and special projects editor, Scott Dunbier.

Sailor Twain cartoonist , Mark Siegel joined me on the show to talk about his new work as well as a little about the going ons of First Second Books . We also discuss his Kickstarter campaign for the book and how the implications that it has, when a prominent figure in comics publishing utilizes that avenue of funding. Mark is also blogging on the Comics Journal this week and will be going on a bo...

I got the chance to interview French cartoonist Boulet and was very excited for the chance. His blog is like comics from another world. He is extremely prolific, creating some wonderfully beautiful work. His only printed work in English, is a volume of the Dungeon series, Zenith 3: Back In Style. His 24 hour comic The Darkness , was an example of his quick skill, impressing both cartoonists and re...

Joseph Lambert is near the top of my list of favorite cartoonists right now. His Annie Sullivan book was an amazing work for his first long form story. Be sure to also check out his collection, I Will Bite You from Secret Acres . And for Vancouver listeners, the Cartoon College documentary we discuss, is playing at this years Vancouver International Film Festival and is the screening is sponsored...

Australian cartoonist Pat Grant joined me for a nice and thorough discussion of his book, Blue. Pat has been doing some really great theory work with his comics, understanding the narrative tradition he is working in.

Joseph Remnant joined me to chat about his latest work, Cleveland, a collaboration with Harvey Pekar that was initiated before his passing. Joseph’s other work includes Blindspot and the upcoming graphic novel that he will be serializing online called Cartoon Clouds.

Brooklyn cartoonist and musician, Leslie Stein , joined me to discuss her collection from Fantagraphics, Eye of the Majestic Creature . She can also be found in the band, P rince Rupert Drops .

The Montreal cartooning crew of Sophie Yanow , Francois Samson-Dunlop and Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau came live into the studio in the midst of their tour of the west coast . Sophie has 2 issues of her In Situ comics out from Colosse and Francois and Alexandre were on to talk about their Pinkerton book.

Molly Colleen O’Connell ‘s new book, Difficult Loves , is one of those comics that get’s me really excited about where comics are at right now. It is a visually beautiful challenging read. Her work with the Closed Caption Comics crew has been fantastic and well worth checking out.  

This weeks guest is London, Ontario cartoonist Jesse Jacobs . Jesse has come out with 2 great books encompassing an amazing knack of style and formalistic delights. His latest release from Koyama , By This You Shall Know Him, is working with some really interesting big ideas, and I look forward to seeing where his work progresses.

GB Tran’s Vietnamerica is an amazingly crafted history of his families multi-generational saga of surviving the conflict in Vietnan. For his first big work, Vietnamerica is very ambitious and satisfactory. I highly recommend checking it out. It was great to catch up with GB and talk about this work.

Justin Hall was in town in support of his new book, No Straight Lines , an anthology looking back at 40 years of LGBTQ comics. It is a fantastic survey of work that heartily recommend. Justin knows his comics and has picked some great work. Because the show was done live in the studio, I had Ken Boesem join us as well. Ken has been doing a lot of work documenting and research Canadian queer comics...

Charles Forsman has been heavily active in the comics community since graduating from CCS. His Snake Oil series of comics have impressed me quite a lot. His latest endeavor is the Oily Comics publishing. Charles is offering a special subscription service for the series of mini’s that he is publishing by himself and other folks. The offer runs out on July 31st 2012, so get on while the going...

Prolific New York cartoonist, Josh Bayer joined me to talk about his work including the Suspect Device anthology series, Raw Power and much more. Josh has been doing some really great primal work.

Simon Bisley was one of those creators that had a profound impact on me when I was in my teens. Coming across his work in Slaine was amazing. It was violent, over the top and extreme in all the right ways. Simon has continued to make work and seems to never slow down. We cover a million different things in this interview, but somehow don’t even discuss what he is working on right now.

Mathieu Christe is one half of the Geneva comix publisher,  B.ü.L.b comix . They produce some amazing artifacts that feature an amazing array of international creators, from Mat Brinkman and Charles Burns to Nicolas Mahler and François Avril.

Malachi Ward has been making some pretty excellent comics of late. His series, Expansion, a collaboration with Matt Sheean is some pretty forward looking sci-fi comics work. I am really enjoying his work. He is able to craft some great subtle stories that exist in a larger world that show’s a lot of promise.

I caught up with Providence artist and musician, CF aka Christopher Forgues about his latest comic work. He has been pumping out mini comics over the last couple of months, through his twitter feed . They have been pretty great, showing different directions that he is taking his work. CF also has a new book coming out in the fall from Picture Box called Warm Genetics House.

In promo for his Freak Scene art show , Keenan Marshall Keller came on the studs to talk about not only the art show, but also his own Galactic Breakdown series an the Drippy Bone Books publishing endeavor.

Providence cartoonist, Mickey Zaccchilli came on the show to chat about her RAV series of mini’s as well work in bunch of different anthologies like the Thickness, Root Rot , Monster and Sundays .